João Salaviza

Directing·Feb 19, 1984·Lisbon, Portugal

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João Salaviza (Portuguese: João Salaviza Manso Feldman da Silva; born 19 February 1984; Lisbon) is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter, editor, producer, and former actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including the Short Film Golden Bear, the Short Film Palme d'Or, and the Un Certain Regard. João Salaviza was born on 19 February 1984, in Lisbon, Portugal. His father is José Edgar Feldman, a film director, and his mother is a producer. He studied at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School and at the Universidad del Cine de Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His film Arena won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In 2012, his film Rafa won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. Salaviza worked as assistant editor in Manoel de Oliveira's Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl.

Film	Credit
To Our Friends2025 · Producer	Producer
The Buriti Flower2024 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Ketwajê2023 · Producer	Producer
The Dead and the Others2019 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Russa2018 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Elon Doesn't Believe in Death2017 · Screenplay	Screenplay
High Cities of Bone2017 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo2016 · Self	Self
Mountain2015 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Cerro Negro2012 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Rafa2012 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
A Portuguese Film2011 · Himself	Himself
Strokkur2011 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Casa Na Comporta2011 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Hotel Müller2010 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Arena2009 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
CCães de Caça2008 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Two People2004 · Director	Director
Querença2004 · Zé Manel	Zé Manel
When It Thunders2000 · Actor, Gaspar as a Child	Actor, Gaspar as a Child
DDa Invicta ao Sonoro1997 · Actor	Actor
L'Enfant du secret1996 · Actor	Actor
La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado1996 · Actor	Actor
Poor George1993 · Nuno - Jorge's Nephew	Nuno - Jorge's Nephew